Archive for December, 2008

Keeping Tabs on Santa via the Web

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

The State Library of Kansas pulled together all the important information for tracking Santa’s whereabouts and posted it on the web for your convenience:
Kansas Government Information
Be sure to check these resources later tonight so that you’ll be in bed before Santa’s arrival. You know the rules: “There must be no peeking or he might pass [...]

RIT’s Virtual Ribbon Cutting

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

I attended Rochester Institute of Technology’s “official” launch of it’s virtual island in Second Life yesterday. It was a well-attended event: about 40 avatars were at RIT Island when I logged in and RIT staff members said there were a lot of Real Life visitors as well.
RIT has been using Second Life as another vehicle [...]

Program for the Future Conference

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Here’s another event worth noting:
The Program for the Future Conference is “An Invitation to Innovation. An interactive conference inspired by Doug Engelbart’s vision of harnessing technology for human betterment. “
The conference takes place Monday (12/08/08) at The Tech Museum of Innovation and Adobe Headquarters in San Jose, and then on Tuesday (12/09/08) at Stanford University. And for those of us [...]

She’s Geeky: A Technology Conference for Women

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Will you be in the New York City area this weekend? Make a point of getting yourself to She’s Geeky.
The cocktail party begins tonight at 5:30 p.m. and the unconference runs through Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
Here’s the blurb I received from Renee Lloyd. It looks like this will be a great opportunity to connect with [...]

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